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    CPAP, a talk with my charge, and an unhelpful RT

    Rose_Queen replied to x3divine's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    From the OP: I saw the patient was de-satting to 87 with it on, so I decided to fiddle with the machine to see if I could add some oxygen with the mask, and ended up turning it off. I was not...
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    CPAP, a talk with my charge, and an unhelpful RT

    Rose_Queen replied to x3divine's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    But she needed the RT's help to turn it back on because she tried fiddling with it herself first. Second paragraph clearly states that is the
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    Random Thoughts: School Nurses

    Rose_Queen replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    We have a slightly different version in the OR- it's when it's so dang hot in the room (peds case, no cardiopulmonary bypass cardiac procedure, trauma) that the sweat is just rolling down into the...
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    CPAP, a talk with my charge, and an unhelpful RT

    Rose_Queen replied to x3divine's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    How does fiddling with equipment in which one has zero training and no one else in the room "learning the machine"? And yes, absolutely to the incident report- a piece of equipment was turned off...
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    WILTW 9/13: Social Calls and Social Justice

    Rose_Queen replied to LadyFree28's topic in General Nursing

    You just learned that? Oh dear. Ive learned that some things aren't worth the mental stress of trying to make it work. I will be filling out job applications later tonight. The grass may not be...
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    giving report and research

    Rose_Queen replied to heyimnewhere's topic in General Nursing

    Typically, there is only a brief amount of shift overlap in which to give report. It is unnecessary to include every last detail. Does your facility use SBAR for handoff? A brief summary of why the...
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    Precepting Experienced Nurse

    Rose_Queen replied to beachgirl17's topic in Operating Room

    It may take you stepping back and letting her take the lead. As in, you don't go with her to conduct the preop interview. You don't go into the room with her. Basically, if you're not physically by...
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    Working Two Jobs - New Grad RN

    Rose_Queen replied to TheGrittyNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Not wise for an inexperienced RN. You need to focus on learning how to be a nurse. Having two competing specialties is not going to help. If you want to take the full time job, then I would advise...
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    Malpractice insurance??

    Rose_Queen replied to TheGrittyNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Here's one view. And here's another. The two biggest names associated with nursing malpractice insurance are NSO and Marsh
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    Baby RN's running ICU?!!

    Rose_Queen replied to kmarieCCRN's topic in Critical Care

    Simply highlight and delete any text you don't want to quote. Then we can still see the context without the long quoted
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    FIU FNP Fall 2017

    Rose_Queen replied to Maryberry67's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I took it to mean thread. For some reason, I see lots of people referring to a thread as a
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    Who Should Clean Up, Offgoing Shift or Oncoming Shift?

    Rose_Queen replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    Each and every one of the anesthesiologists I work with clean up after their own invasive line and epidural insertions. They are also rather tidy during the lines- sharps are kept together in a...
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    Baby RN's running ICU?!!

    Rose_Queen replied to kmarieCCRN's topic in Critical Care

    To which post are you referring? With 7 pages of posts, it is impossible to tell what post you are talking about unless you utilize the quote button located to the left of the blue like button at the...
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    Leaving Nursing for Another Career

    Rose_Queen replied to cocoa_puff's topic in General Nursing

    Not a cam girl? I'd like to try professional travel photography. Would need a lot more education on it and better quality gear,
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    Staffing

    Rose_Queen replied to traumamomtx48's topic in General Nursing

    Has anyone asked for input from those leaving on why they are leaving? That will at least identify what motivates them to leave, and identify what management needs to work on to retain
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    FIU FNP Fall 2017

    Rose_Queen replied to Maryberry67's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Not an NP student looking at this program, but I would recommend that you edit your post to remove your name. A lot of people will come here to vent to people who understand and where they can be...
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    C SECTION abdominal ski prep

    Rose_Queen replied to Srnbsn82's topic in Operating Room

    Two things that come immediately to mind: what does the prep policy state? There will be resources backing up why it says what it says. Second, what does the manufacturer of the prep state? Those may...
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    CT Stripping/Milking

    Rose_Queen replied to CCU BSN RN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I don't know about evidence, but according to the surgeons I work with, since we use channel drains instead of traditional chest tubes that have multiple openings in a solid tube, the concern about...
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    Looking to interview a Rural Health Professional

    Rose_Queen replied to jcb504's topic in General Nursing

    What resources have you tried using to find someone to interview? The thing about an anonymous website is that you can't verify anyone is truly who they claim to be. It is also much easier for someone...
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    using dimensional analysis in medical setting?

    Rose_Queen replied to ital91's topic in General Students

    You might find this site helpful: DosageHelp.com - Helping Nursing Students Learn Dosage Calculations And this article here on AN: Student Resources: Nursing Math- lots of resources
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    Scope of practice

    Rose_Queen replied to sroseo's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Look for the nurse practice acts for your state. I too am a bit surprised by your question- it was required reading in my program and the program's my coworkers graduated
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    CPAP, a talk with my charge, and an unhelpful RT

    Rose_Queen replied to x3divine's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    No one should be messing with equipment they are not familiar with! That was your first mistake. You should have asked for the RT's help before touching anything. Yes, an incident report should have...
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    Who Should Clean Up, Offgoing Shift or Oncoming Shift?

    Rose_Queen replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    You do realize that threads take on a life of their own and that you can't dictate how someone responds, right? Healthcare is a 24/7/365 world. It is going to be impossible to get everything done...
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    Over 30 Years Later, We're Still Talking About Workplace Mistreatment

    Rose_Queen replied to compassionresearcher's topic in General Nursing

    You know what they say about assuming, right? The thing that a lot of people seem to forget is that nurses are, firstly, human. There is nothing about becoming a nurse that gives us an unending well...
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    Graduating w/ only 1 pair of scrubs

    Rose_Queen replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Nursing

    My tax preparer takes an itemized list of everything I bought for work and only use for work. There's a formula that calculate the amount I can write off based on a few things, but I can indeed write...